Sheikh Rashid al-Din of Karbala

Sheikh Rashid al-Din of Karbala (21 August 714-) was a noble of the Abbasid Caliphate.

Biography
Rashid al-Din Hamadani was born to the House of Hamadani, a dynasty of Sunni Muslim Persians. On 11 October 769 he arrived at the court of Caliph al-Mansur, seeking his help in composing the "Compendium of Chronicles", and the caliph agreed to see what they could do together. He appointed Rashid al-Din as court poet as well as the Sheikh of Karbala, marrying him to Shaykhah Shola of Karbala.